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Habitat Sonore: MUTEK 25

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PHI Centre Listening room
407 Saint-Pierre St
Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 2M3

Monday & Tuesday:
Closed

Wednesday to Sunday: 
12 PM to 8:30 PM

Last entry:
7:30 PM

All ages

General admission: $12.50
Price including service fees, excluding taxes

We invite you to remove your shoes before entering the listening room and ask that you please wear socks on the day.

PHI celebrates the 25th anniversary of the MUTEK festival with an exclusive listening experience inside Habitat Sonore.

See the complete schedule ↓
Discover the artists ↓
What is Habitat Sonore? ↓

3 PROGRAMS TO CHOOSE FROM

Come celebrate MUTEK festival’s 25th anniversary with a unique experience that showcases artists exploring spatialized mixing. Three programs are available to you for a limited time.

PROGRAM 1:
Jonathan Kawchuk & Zoë Mc Pherson

Wednesday to Sunday:
12 PM, 4:30 PM

Duration: 45 min.

PROGRAM 2:
Sofie Birch & Ela Minus

Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday:
1:30 PM, 6 PM
Friday & Saturday:
3 PM, 7:30 PM

Duration: 45 min.

PROGRAM 3:
Flabbergast

Wednesday, Thursday & Sunday:
3 PM, 7:30 PM
Friday & Saturday:
1:30 PM, 6 PM

Duration: 45 min.

PROGRAM 1:
Jonathan Kawchuk &
Zoë Mc Pherson

Jonathan Kawchuk

Everywhen by Jonathan Kawchuk

There are just three sounds found on Everywhen, the new album from Canadian wildlife recordist, composer, and vocalist Jonathan Kawchuk: the human voice, sine tones from a synthesizer, and the Rocky Mountains near Kananaskis, Alberta. Recorded painstakingly in Dolby Atmos, it is the product of six years of direct relationship with the trees, stones, streams, grasses, grizzly bears, birds, rabbits, elk, and all other things that call the enormous, humbling mountains home. It is a harsh, anxious, tactile, heavenly, collage-based work of found sound and vocals, of breath and wind and space. It is at once deeply unsettling and supremely calming. It is inspired by and carries the philosophies of athleticism, transcendental black metal, and the unfeeling amorality of nature. Everywhen is not a record about a place. It is a record by a place.

[Master Recording/Composition] Courtesy of Paper Bag Records and Jonathan Kawchuk

Zoë Mc Pherson

Holding by Zoë Mc Pherson

This piece, written in May 2021 in Berlin during the lockdown, is based on the recording of the rhythm of two audible pedestrian crosswalk signals. These signals, out of sync, tick independently, much like how individuals have their own unique rhythms and patterns. 

During that time, our days are like parallel lines that rarely intersected in real life. Yet, I feel like I am you and you are me. I dream about us sharing common questions, re-learning, and making future plans for a better world.

Strongly inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and transformative justice practices, this text encapsulates Zoë Mc Pherson’s reflections on society, intimacy, and gender. While the world is collectively and individually “On Hold,” it is also undergoing profound transformations.

[Master Recording/Composition] Courtesy of Zoë Mc Pherson; Mixed in Dolby Atmos by Timo Bittner - Spatialmedialab / [Photo] Memo de Pola

PROGRAM 2:
Sofie Birch & Ela Minus

Sofie Birch

Lolupupi Kutiku by Sofie Birch 

Lolupupi Kutiku is a land of invisible forests of crackling plants, humid melodies and curling flowers that lull you into a mysterious silk trance.

Asking “Who are you? Where are you going? What’s in front of you if you listen?” The work combines nature recordings, synths, and sound therapeutic instruments distributed through Habitat Sonore’s speakers, and is an experiment to create contemplative space that embalms the busy spirit.

[Master Recording/Composition] Courtesy of Sofie Birch; Mixed in Dolby Atmos by Philippe Rochefort / PHI Centre Recording Studio / [Photo] Natasha Peruago

Ela Minus

The Sound and The Fury by Ela Minus

Ela Minus' intention while mixing with Marta Salogni in Dolby Atmos was to maintain the integrity of the music while adding physicality to the mix. To not get lost in the technology, but use it to illuminate the soul of what she made. Use it to place the listener inside it. Illuminate new corners of sound to allow the music to become a richer, more habitable space in which to comfortably place the listener inside. With care and intention.

[Master Recording/Composition] Courtesy of Domino Recording Company; Mixed in Dolby Atmos by Marta Salogni, Isabel Gracefield and Gili Portal; Dolby Atmos mastering by RAK Studios

PROGRAM 3:
Flabbergast

Flabbergast

Consolation In Constellation by Flabbergast

Formed from an unexpected collaboration for a MUTEK_rec release, Flabbergast has evolved significantly since its inception. Comprising of Guillaume Coutu Dumont and Vincent Lemieux, this duo has shifted from spontaneous live improvisations to focused compositions and an increased presence in recorded music since 2014. Drawing on a wide array of influences including electronic music, jazz, hip-hop, and contemporary sounds, Flabbergast refuses to be boxed into any single genre. Their diverse expertise allows them to explore and integrate a variety of musical styles into their work, making each piece uniquely broad yet coherent. In addition to a steady stream of releases on various labels, Flabbergast launched their own imprint Copier/Coller in 2023.

Mixed in Dolby Atmos by Philippe Rochefort / PHI Centre Recording Studio / [Photo] Juliette Busch

  • PRESENTED BY

    PHI
  • IN COLLABORATION WITH

    MUTEK

ABOUT HABITAT SONORE

Habitat Sonore is an intimate listening space designed to accommodate up to 10 people. This small capacity enhances total immersion into the sound world of artists from here and elsewhere. The experience unfolds in near darkness, which helps to emphasize the sound. We invite you to settle in comfortably, let your mind wander, close your eyes if you wish, and be carried away by a unique and captivating auditory journey.

Learn more about the listening room and its programming here ↓

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